Virtual RAHT - AURA Grants and OMB Guidance Updates and Pre-Award Tips and Tricks

Good afternoon,

URA will be hosting November’s RAHT virtually, and will cover pertinent information regarding AURA Grants and OMB Guidance Updates and Pre-Award Tips and Tricks. Please register for the upcoming RAHT session to be added to the mailing list for the zoom link.

Monday, November 16th, 2020
Topic: AURA Grants and OMB Guidance Updates and Pre-Award Tips and Tricks
Time:  10:00 – 11:00AM
Place:  Zoom Session

To participate in this training, please sign up on the UChicago Training Site here.

Zoom link will be provided to registrants on the morning of training.  

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Sensitive Research Data Training 

To support you in your research and academic work, the University is offering the following training sessions to address privacy policies and University processes for managing sensitive research data. These sessions are of particular importance for faculty and staff whose research involves sensitive research data, which are data protected by local, state or federal laws such as HIPPA, PII, PHI, FERPA, and others, or that is contractually bound to restrictions. (Please note this is not an all-inclusive list of restricted data types.) The training will be offered remotely via Zoom. It is recommended that you attend each session.

Please share this information with your research staff.

If you have any questions, please contact Steven Aldape at saldape@uchicago.edu.

Navigating the DUA Process

Objectives: Attendees will learn about the DUA process, University compliance requirements for DUAs (including data security and IRB oversight), and important University DUA contracting policies.

Duration: 1 hour

Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Location: Zoom

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Data Privacy in Research

Objectives: Attendees will learn about the data privacy laws and regulations that most often apply to University research, how to identify information that may be subject to those laws and regulations, and the strategies and resources available for researchers seeking to work with such data.

Duration: 1 hour

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Location: Zoom

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Working with Sensitive Research Data in the Secure Data Enclave (SDE)

Objectives: Attendees will learn how to log into the SDE environment, transfer and store data, and analyze secure data once a Data Use Agreement (DUA) has been executed or when sensitive data are generated.

Duration: 1 hour

Date: Friday, November 20, 2020

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Location: Zoom

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Have a great week ahead.

Thank you,
Angela Branch
Process and Compliance Trainer
abranch2@uchicago.edu
773-834-7498